This study aims to explain politeness and describe the potential negative faces in terms of formal invitation letter sentences. This research belongs to the realm of pragmatics and examines data qualitatively. The results of this study indicate that in the invitation letter there is politeness based on Leech's maxims and the potential for negative faces to appear.
Keyword: Politeness, face threatening act, official invitation letter
ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture Jurusan Sastra Indonesia, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia (Department of Indonesian Literature, Faculty of Letters, State University of Malang, Indonesia)
ISSN : 2597-7385 (media online) - SK no. 0005.25977385/JI.3.1/SK.ISSN/2017.09 - 19 September 2017